Friday, 5 May 2017

English Civil War Dragoon

They say Study of an Aston's Dragoon ( in Marching order) c1644.Part One:Aston's is about experiential living history, so we played around with
differing items of tack and equipment, as we develop our "campaign"
impression for the troop based period images, references, and working
"guesswork" as to what was likely to be needed for a dragoon in the
field. We are rather pleased with the over results. Everything the
individual Dragoon has been attached to his mount, with as you will note, leaving him in a "light fighting order" (apologies for the modern phrase ) with nothing to encumber him.
The Cob mount at 14.3 hands high, is the perfect Dragoon horse. He has
both rations of hay and provender as well. The Rear mounted "Leather bag
for his Necessaries" is taken from a period illustration and follows
the recommended details for as laid down by the Kings orders. The Sling
to his firelock is based on a number of illustrated hunting scenes and
has proved a success every time we are mounted. Overall, we think this
is a reasonable impression and we are, to say the least, happy with the
results.